Carlos Carrasco needed to have a good game if he was going to avoid the “Cookie is bad now” takes that would inevitably end up on Twitter. Even if he had a rough outing today, those takes wouldn’t be warranted, but they would’ve existed nonetheless. Thankfully, we don’t have to worry about that since Carrasco was dominant today. He only lasted 5.0 innings, but that was thanks in large part to the 12 strikeouts he amassed during that time. His fastball was consistently in the 94-95 mph range, but the real killer today was the slider/change combo, which accounted for 7 of his 12 Ks.
Indians fail Ohio resident in Liberty Ford Grand Slam inning, get the 7-2 victory anyway
